Name :   Sanford Morganstein Organization :   Populex Corporation Post Date :   8/26/2005 Section Comments Section :   6.8.4.2 Page no. :   41 Line no.:   24 Comment :   Discussion: Here again, DRE machines are different from ballot marking systems. It is not always clear in ballot marking systems, what the “voting station” is. With clarification, this is a positive requirement that should be kept for all systems. We recommend the following: “A DRE system shall, in the presence of the voter, mark the paper record as being accepted by the voter or spoiled. A ballot marking system shall provide a means or procedure for an election official, in the presence of the voter, to accept a ballot (such as scanning it or placing it in a ballot box) or to mark a ballot as spoiled.”